Results Scores

Villanova, Pa. - The Villanova women's swimming and diving team defeated West Virginia by a score of 147-96 at the Pavilion on Saturday afternoon. With the win, the women's team moves to 7-2 in dual meets on the year. The men's team fell to the Mountaineers, 172-71, bringing their overall dual meet record to 3-5.

The meet began with the diving events. Villanova's Michael Perra placed second in the one meter dive with a score of 252.435 and fourth in the three meter dive with a score of 254.70. Bridie Dunn had fourth place finishes in both the one and three meter dives.

The women's 200-yard relay started the swimming events. Villanova's team of Darby Goodwin, Brooke Bruno, Alexa Fabbri and Taylor Wilson raced to a first place finish in a time of 1:45.21.

This marked the first win of the day for Goodwin, who went on to set two pool records later in the afternoon. Goodwin swam in the 200-yard IM, where she touched the wall at 2:05.38, besting the previous pool record mark of 2:05.65. She then bested her own pool record in the 100-yard backstroke, finishing in a time of 55.47.

In the women's 50-yard free, Fabbri picked up the win with a time of 23.61, and Mary Spillane took third at 24.68. Emily Mayo, Jessie Randolph and Mary Snyder helped the Wildcats to a 1-2-3 finish in the 200-yard freestyle. Mayo also earned first place honors in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:59.08.

The final women's event of the afternoon, the 200-yard freestyle, saw Snyder, Randolph, Spillane and Wilson place first in a time of 1:36.44.

For the men's 200-yard medley relay, Andrew Kelley, Logan Ziegler, Jake Hoin and Christopher Paynter took second place in a time of 1:35.05. Individually, Hoin won the 100-yard butterfly and 50-yard freestyle, touching the wall at 50.69 and 21.48, respectively.

Justin Cucchi was narrowly edged in the men's 200-yard IM, placing second with a time of 1:56.19, which was just .11 seconds behind the first place finisher. In the men's 100-yard freestyle, Stephen Krecsmar clocked in at an even 48.00, taking second place. Andrew Kelley followed that up with a second place finish of his own in the 100-yard backstroke.

Villanova will return to action next weekend on Friday, Feb. 3 against Penn State. The meet will be part of the Alumni Day festivities. Senior Day will take place on Saturday, Feb. 4 before the Nova Sprint Festival.

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